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May 2022, saw the 5th anniversary of residents moving into Northstowe town and the Heritage Society was delighted to be asked to support their celebrations. In June both Northstowe and Longstanton celebrated the Platinum Jubilee and once again LDHS exhibited a selection of our archives. Both events were well supported and it gave the Heritage […]

LDHS has produced a guide to Northstowe history which covers the history and heritage of Northstowe and the neighbouring villages of Longstanton, Oakington and Westwick. This guide is now available on the Northstowe website

LDHS Talks – currently on hold Due to the current concerns regarding COVID-19 (Coronavirus) LDHS has decided to postpone our talks until it is safe to hold them again. We would appreciate your feedback regarding when to restart our talks, this short survey should only take a couple of minutes to complete – please give […]

LDHS has been protecting and promoting the heritage of Longstanton, RAF Oakington and Oakington Barracks (the airfield is now the site of the new town of Northstowe) since May 2007, and in that time we have made significant contributions to the development of the new town. Below are just some of the successes we have […]

Sometimes, local history discoveries can be shocking but significantly advance our understanding of past customs and practices across our local region. Fenstanton is a village lying between Longstanton and St Ives (not very far away at all) and features in an article that has appeared in a national newspaper, the Daily Mail. This discovery helps […]

All Saints’ church, Longstanton burnt down in the summer of 1349 which would have been in the midst of an outbreak of the plague, which is on record as having reached Crowland Abbey lands in Oakington, Dry Drayton and Cottenham in the autumn of 1348. It is unlikely that the timing of this fire and […]

After hostilities in Europe ended in May 1945, Transport Command inherited RAF Oakington. From July 1945 to April 1946 four-engined Liberator bombers fitted with rough seating made many flights to India to repatriate troops. Oakington then became the home of several squadrons of Dakota aircraft, which were employed on general medium-distance transport tasks, and notably […]

Homes England has recently submitted outline planning applications for Northstowe Phases 3A and 3B. They have produced a web page that includes some short videos to explain the proposals. This material is aimed at local residents and other interested parties. The webpage and videos can be accessed here: www.northstowe.com/phase3

A member of LDHS has produced a short film on the history of RAF Oakington, as a VE-Day 75 Anniversary tribute to the men and women who served there, using footage he recorded before the station was demolished, archive film (by permission of the Imperial War Museum), interview of 101 a Squadron Pilot and photos […]

VE Day 7 May 1945VE Day commemorates the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allied forces in 1945, ending World War II in Europe. With Adolf Hitler dead, German military leaders signed surrender documents at several locations in Europe on May 7. VE Day marked a major milestone for the Allies but did not […]